• freagle@lemmy.ml
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      8 hours ago

      Nah, all of the people in that strip are underpaid. Tipping waitstaff is a mechanism to tie their ability to feed their families directly to sycophantic ass kissing behavior. It’s essentially a way for the rich to know they can get dancing monkey entertainment anywhere they go.

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        I mean it literally started so owners wouldn’t have to pay POC waiters, the rest was just added bonus

        But yes everyone on a wage is underpaid

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          Well yes, the owners didn’t want to pay black waitstaff, but also tying it to patron tips meant that they had to perform fealty and fawning and “good humor” under abuse in order to get paid. It’s both a way to underpay and a way to control and break the spirit.

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      8 hours ago

      There’s really only two classes: Us and them… And if you’ve got less than 10 million, you’re probably one of us.